World of Warcraft: Cataclysm's Deathwing Performing Halftime Show

[Scott Mansley]

The Wrath of the Lick King Cinematic blew me away. This should be nothing short of epic. (As the intro cinematic seem to get better with each expansion)

 

[John Funk]

If they fucking dare to put only part of the full cinematic on there, I'll have their heads. Had enough of that commercial shit with SC2.

Whoo, calm down, dude. It's a TV spot, not the end of the world.

A.) Buying a 2 minute+ ad slot is probably a bit pricey,

I'm sure they are fudging the numbers before they come around Kotick's desk or he would have an aneurism of galactic and hilarious proportions(That would be worth watching on Youtube). It's been a while since I heard the last pricetag of a superbowl slot, but I'm pretty sure the regular Sunday games have reached or surpassed that by now.

B.) I would bet solid money that they'll be unveiling the Cataclysm opening cinematic at BlizzCon a week from today. What we're going to see at the football game is probably just a teaser. Why would they unveil the full thing for an audience who might not be interested as opposed to an audience who would almost certainly be there FOR it?

Considering what they pulled with the Starcraft 2 reveal at a previous BlizzCon(Like the Inquisition, nobody was expecting it. Security companies and movie studios have a lot to learn from Blizzard(Yes, I went there)), it can only be beyond Epic in comparison. And that makes me weep that I won't be there.
But in response to @ciortas1: Not to sound callous, but that is how the world works. Accept it, or work to change it yourself. Shouting to the heavens only gives you a sore throat. And weird looks. And a reservation for a padded cell even.

In all fairness, if there was any studio under the Vivendi/ActiBlizz umbrella that probably has carte blanche to spend whatever it wants on a product, it's Blizzard. I imagine Bobby Kotick stopping by to chat with Mike Morhaime, all "Hey Mike, are you sure about this? It's pretty expensive to do that..." and Mike Morhaime just waves the latest subscription income numbers in front of Bobby's face.

 

[Exort]

Millions in adverts and I still wouldn't go back to world of grindcraft. I'm with Eruanno, though. I wish they'd make a full featured movie with those gorgeous CGs.

You know a 7 min CGI takes about a year for them to make. Full CGI with that kind of quality is hard and slow to make.

 

[Fruitloops89]

I now have a reason to watch the Vikes game this weekend.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

In all fairness, if there was any studio under the Vivendi/ActiBlizz umbrella that probably has carte blanche to spend whatever it wants on a product, it's Blizzard. I imagine Bobby Kotick stopping by to chat with Mike Morhaime, all "Hey Mike, are you sure about this? It's pretty expensive to do that..." and Mike Morhaime just slaps Kotick across the face with a bundle of $100 bills.

...oh, sorry, that's how I imagine it.

I really want to see it. The Burning Crusade intro was sort of "meh", but the Lich King one was a straight shot of awesome to the eyeballs. Even now I can watch it, and every time Arthas's boot crunches into the snow and "O Thanagor" begins, I get just a little shiver down my spine. I expect Blizzard to absolutely blow us away this time- if nothing else, remaking the world ought to be a hell of a spectacle.

 

[Icehearted]

Millions in adverts and I still wouldn't go back to world of grindcraft. I'm with Eruanno, though. I wish they'd make a full featured movie with those gorgeous CGs.

You know a 7 min CGI takes about a year for them to make. Full CGI with that kind of quality is hard and slow to make.

Oh, I don't doubt it, but since Warcraft 3 I've been constantly impressed by their work in that department, and do not doubt that if properly motivated they could make something truly beautiful.

Besides, if they really considered making a feature length CG movie with their talents behind it and pushed for a box office or even straight to DVD release I don't doubt they'd make a killing.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I wonder if this has any correlation with the Goblin starting area quest where Deathwing appears during a Goblinized version of american football... Hope I didn't ruin anything.

 

[Alar]

In all fairness, if there was any studio under the Vivendi/ActiBlizz umbrella that probably has carte blanche to spend whatever it wants on a product, it's Blizzard. I imagine Bobby Kotick stopping by to chat with Mike Morhaime, all "Hey Mike, are you sure about this? It's pretty expensive to do that..." and Mike Morhaime just waves the latest subscription income numbers in front of Bobby's face.

Hehehe. I'm sure Bobby would start drooling at those numbers and mumble something about it being alright. Subscription income numbers are ridiculously high. Why, any one of us could live comfortable off of a half of a percent of what WoW makes every month. And our children, and our grandchildren.

I'm hoping to catch a YouTube video of it. If not, I'll just watch the BlizzCon stream.

 

[elvor0]

Millions in adverts and I still wouldn't go back to world of grindcraft. I'm with Eruanno, though. I wish they'd make a full featured movie with those gorgeous CGs.

You know a 7 min CGI takes about a year for them to make. Full CGI with that kind of quality is hard and slow to make.

Imagine the development cycle for a CGI quality film of that calibur made by Blizzard, the universe would end before it was finished, this is the "It'll be ready when it's ready" company we're on about

 

[Kelethor]

Hmm....do you think the market of WoW players overlaps with people who watch Football? I dunno.

 

[samsonguy920]

In all fairness, if there was any studio under the Vivendi/ActiBlizz umbrella that probably has carte blanche to spend whatever it wants on a product, it's Blizzard. I imagine Bobby Kotick stopping by to chat with Mike Morhaime, all "Hey Mike, are you sure about this? It's pretty expensive to do that..." and Mike Morhaime just waves the latest subscription income numbers in front of Bobby's face.

And Mike gets his weekly entertainment of watching Bobby's eyes get all round and bright, and then Bobby starts yipping like a puppy.

 

[mxfox408]

that would explain why the cinimatics were removed from the game on a fresh install......FUCK BOBBY KOTICK!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[soilent]

Bobby wants to sell THESE videos separately too?

A wise man once said.
"Dammit Bobby."
-Hank Hill

 

[Keava]

Millions in adverts and I still wouldn't go back to world of grindcraft. I'm with Eruanno, though. I wish they'd make a full featured movie with those gorgeous CGs.

You know a 7 min CGI takes about a year for them to make. Full CGI with that kind of quality is hard and slow to make.

I don't like to say this, but source? If i recall that time they actually told about their CGI development schedule the timeframe included the time to create and approve concept art which is majority of time needed really.

 

[Exort]

I don't like to say this, but source? If i recall that time they actually told about their CGI development schedule the timeframe included the time to create and approve concept art which is majority of time needed really.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbPBzvXkeXw

About 5:35
He said about a year to produce a intro for WoW.

 

[Exort]

that would explain why the cinimatics were removed from the game on a fresh install......FUCK BOBBY KOTICK!!!!!!!!!!!!

which game?

 

[mxfox408]

that would explain why the cinimatics were removed from the game on a fresh install......FUCK BOBBY KOTICK!!!!!!!!!!!!

which game?

Try doing a fresh install of world of warcraft using the online downloader.

 

[mikemart]

If they fucking dare to put only part of the full cinematic on there, I'll have their heads. Had enough of that commercial shit with SC2.

Whoo, calm down, dude. It's a TV spot, not the end of the world.

A.) Buying a 2 minute+ ad slot is probably a bit pricey,

B.) I would bet solid money that they'll be unveiling the Cataclysm opening cinematic at BlizzCon a week from today. What we're going to see at the football game is probably just a teaser. Why would they unveil the full thing for an audience who might not be interested as opposed to an audience who would almost certainly be there FOR it?

actually it is the end of world... you dont know much about what death wing is planning on doing do you?